Chkk Upgrade Copilot helps Platform, DevOps, and SRE teams plan and execute safe upgrades of clusters, add-ons, application services, Kubernetes operators, and applications.

Upgrade Copilot delivers three complementary capabilities:

  1. Upgrade Assessments map the scope, impact, and dependencies of a Kubernetes upgrade so teams can scope effort and delegate work early.
  2. Upgrade Templates provide a detailed, pre-verified workflow tested on a digital twin of your infrastructure. Templates can be generated directly or derived from an Assessment.
  3. Upgrade Plans instantiate a Template for a specific cluster, orchestrating each verified step while tracking progress, rollbacks, and post-flight checks.

Platform, DevOps and SRE Teams use Chkk Upgrade Copilot to stay ahead of Kubernetes upgrades and:

  • Avoid “forced upgrades” by cloud providers (EKS, GKE, AKS) Blog: Forced Upgrades
  • Avoid 500% EKS Extended Support, GKE Extended Support, and AKS Long-Term Support Fees Blog: EKS Extended Support, Blog: GKE Extended Support, Blog: AKS Long-Term Support
  • Upgrade their fleets 3-5x faster and without any breakages
  • Prevent errors, breakages and failures by deploying critical bugs are deployed in their Kubernetes environment
  • Ensure security and compliance by patching CVEs and avoiding EOL versions running in prod environments
  • Standardize and delegate upgrades process, minimize errors, and free up time for expert team members
  • Publish Preverified Upgrade Plans to application teams so they can upgrade their own clusters
  • Unlock innovation by delivering new infrastructure features to application developers